Topic: Healthcare in India
Indian states can absorb diverse Covid response models, but Modi govt using one size for all
Modi govt's command and control approach puts India at risk of losing the advantages gifted by its size and federal constitutional structure.
Sick doctors, shut hospitals, no guidelines — a Wockhardt doctor on India’s Covid response
Authorities must resist shutting down hospitals with infected staff because each bed and healthcare worker is an essential resource in India’s battle against the pandemic.
SC calls healthcare workers coronavirus warriors, sets up helpline to redress complaints
Healthcare workers can use the helpline for grievances such as salary cuts, delayed payment, non-availability of protective kits or eviction from rented accommodation.
Dear Indians, don’t clap for doctors battling Covid-19 if you don’t want them as neighbours
Banging utensils to thank doctors is hypocritical if landlords are forcefully evicting them due to paranoia that they might spread Covid-19.
India’s healthcare delivery can improve if frontline workers are held accountable: Study
A World Bank, Duke University, UPenn study conducted across 120 gram panchayats in UP shows conducting public meetings can improve healthcare delivery.
At current rate, India can see 30,000 COVID-19 deaths by May, no hospital bed by June: Data
The response of various Indian states to COVID-19 will differ as the poorest states have the weakest capacity to deliver health services.
India’s lead time against coronavirus is fast eroding. We need more than Sainyam and Sankalp
February gave India a valuable lead time as no new cases were recorded while 5,000 cases were reported in over 60 countries, including South Korea, Italy and Iran.
As India reports highest increase in COVID-19 cases in a day, govt to admit all suspected patients
The government will now admit all suspected patients of COVID-19, unlike earlier where patients with travel history or contact history were considered for testing
Modi’s POSHAN Abhiyan unlikely to make India malnutrition-free by 2022: CSE report
CSE report says that at the current rate of progress, it may take some states up to 100 years to fight various aspects of malnutrition.
Don’t arrange hotels, sightseeing for doctors — Modi govt’s fresh warning to pharma firms
Latest warning from Department of Pharmaceuticals follows a conference of Indian Psychiatric Society in Kolkata. Companies told to adhere to ethics code.
Few things tie Modi’s India and Imran’s Pakistan like their love-hate for foreign invasion
Be it Hindutva ideologues condemning the wicked foreign invader or Imran Khan hailing Turkish imperial rule, both want to reinforce that going forward means going backward.
Harsh Vardhan questions Delhi govt: Is Arvind Kejriwal failing in handling Covid-19 crisis?
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan Thursday raised concerns about rising Covid cases and low testing levels in Delhi.
Defence
‘April status quo’ discussed as India, China generals hold 7-hour meeting over Ladakh
The formal meeting between the top military officers of India and China started around 11.30 am and is believed to have lasted until the evening.
Why Modi doesn’t feature in a list of India’s reformist prime ministers
Despite big ideas, Modi comes off poorly as a reformer, because his bureaucrats lack the motivation to push reforms and are beginning to enjoy unbridled power.